Originally Posted by
BCram
Hi Islay. I think the perhead comparisons are unhelpful. The point, I was trying to tease out was that the block grant to Scotland was more than the amount of tax raised in Scotland. This is the fundamental point for those who think Scotland could easily be a strong independent country. They think that Scotland sends more tax to Westminster than they get back in block grant.
Not giving Scotland money that has been raised in Scotland just seems wrong. It was the reason for the It's Scotlands Oil slogan which was so effective. It was a fact that Scotland would have significant surpluses if the oil revenues were attributed to Scotland. I think this was a simplistic approach because the costs of the infrastructure was not calculated and included against the revenues.